Due to popular demand Draft Street is back on the Nations. We ran some Free Rolls for DS last year and got some really good feedback, so we approached them about getting this going again for us again this year. They finally acquiesced when Kent threatened to send Wanye to their house with a bullhorn and a clown costume.

For those unfamiliar with Draft Street, here's some background on the Free Roll:

Draft Street is a new way to play fantasy hockey that turns the season long grind into quick hitting one-night leagues. And the best part is that you can win cash every single day. You draft a team for one night and get paid out as soon as the games end. DraftStreet.com is at the forefront of this new trend in the fantasy world and is giving us a great promotion: a FREE one-day fantasy league with $500 in prizes.

This free contest will be salary-cap style drafting where everyone tries to assemble the best team out of the available players.You will have a $100,000 budget to build a team of:

Each NHL player has been allocated a price based on their expected fantasy performance. You can adjust your roster up until the contest starts on Saturday October 12th at 2:00pm ET/1:00 pm CT at which time your rosters will lock. After that you can track your team's performance versus others in the league via Draft Street's real time, Live Scoreboard.

CLICK HERE to sign up for free and join the $500 Freeroll on DraftStreet.com.

You'll see us there, and if you beat us, you'll have bragging rights in the comments section until the next one.

Sign up and give it a whirl. And of course, make sure to check your picks against roster and goalie updates over at Daily Faceoff - the most complete and up to the minute lineups available.

Kevin is a regular contributor to Jets Nation. His work has been featured on Bleacher Report, The Sporting News, and around the Nations Network. An enthusiastic over-analyst, his background and interests are diverse, but you might notice he's obsessed with hockey. Track him down on twitter @kevinmccart